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10th grade Convert between Celsius, Kelvin and Fahrenheit worksheet

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Convert between Celsius, Kelvin and Fahrenheit

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  1. Ari measures a gas at constant pressure: 29.3 mL at 20 °C and 37.3 mL at 100 °C. Extend the straight line to zero volume. At what temperature, to the nearest °C?

  2. Esme measures a gas at constant pressure: 14.6 mL at 10 °C and 18.9 mL at 90 °C. Extend the straight line to zero volume. At what temperature, to the nearest °C?

  3. Jun's weather app says today's 30 °C is twice as hot as yesterday's 15 °C. Verdict?

    • Yes: 30 is double 15, so the average energy doubled
    • Yes: the ratio 30 to 15 is also 2 on the kelvin scale
    • No: 303 K against 288 K is about 5% more average energy per molecule
  4. Kira converts a 15 °C rise to Fahrenheit as 15 × 1.8 + 32 = 59 °F. What is the error?

    • A rise skips the +32: 15 °C more is 27 °F more
    • No error: a conversion adds 32 each time
    • The 32 should be subtracted: 15 × 1.8 − 32 = −5 °F
  5. Water's specific heat is 4.18 J/(g·°C). What is it in J/(g·°F), Luz?

    • 7.52 J/(g·°F), found by multiplying 4.18 by 1.8
    • 4.18 J/(g·°F), because specific heat does not depend on the scale
    • 2.32 J/(g·°F), because a Fahrenheit degree is smaller
  6. Water's triple point is 273.16 K (0.01 °C), but ice melts at 0 °C at 1 atm. Why the 0.01 °C gap, Milo?

    • The kelvin and Celsius degrees differ slightly in size near 0 °C, so 0.01 shows up
    • The 273.16 K figure is a measuring error that has not been corrected
    • At 1 atm, with air dissolved, ice melts about 0.01 °C lower than at the triple point
  7. A sealed rigid can of air is heated from 27 °C to 177 °C. How does the pressure change, Noah?

    • It rises by 150%, since the temperature rose by 150 degrees
    • It rises to 1.5 times its start: 300 K to 450 K
    • It rises to 6.6 times its start, since 177 is 6.6 times 27
  8. A sample warms from 300 K to 325 K. What is that change in °F, Pia?

    • 125.3 °F, the final reading converted into Fahrenheit
    • 77 °F, found by 25 × 1.8 + 32 in the usual way
    • 45 °F: 25 K is 25 °C, and each °C is 1.8 °F
  9. A thermometer reads 1.5 °C in ice water and 99.0 °C in boiling water at 1 atm. It reads 50.0 °C in a sample. What is the true temperature, Ren?

    • About 49.7 °C, after correcting both the offset and the degree size
    • 48.5 °C, correcting just the 1.5 °C offset
    • 50.0 °C, trusting the reading since the error looks small
  10. On scale Y (freezing 10 °Y, boiling 130 °Y), a sample warms from 40 °Y to 100 °Y. How many kelvins is that change, Tala?

    • 72 K, found by multiplying the 60 °Y change by 1.2
    • 60 K, since a degree is a degree on any scale
    • 50 K: the change is 60 °Y and 1.2 °Y equals 1 K
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Temperature scales. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can convert °C to K with K = °C + 273.15 and know that kelvins are never negative.
  • I can convert °C to °F with °F = (9/5)°C + 32, and °F to K.
  • I can tell a temperature reading from a temperature change: a 1 °C change is a 1 K change and a 1.8 °F change.
  • I can explain why gas laws use kelvins.

Standard: practices (no PE)

Words to know

kelvin (K): The SI unit of temperature; 0 K is absolute zero

absolute zero: The lowest possible temperature, 0 K or −273.15 °C

degree Celsius (°C): A degree the same size as a kelvin, with 0 °C at water's freezing point

degree Fahrenheit (°F): A degree 5/9 the size of a Celsius degree

temperature change: The difference between two readings

Common mistakes

Your child found how far the reading sits above the ice point but left out the reading at the ice point. Every reading on a scale starts from its ice-point value.

Your child added the ice-point reading but treated one °C and one °X as the same size. The two fixed points set the size of one degree.

Your child compared Celsius readings. Gas volume is proportional to kelvin temperature, so add 273.15 first.

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with convert between celsius, kelvin and fahrenheit?

Your child found how far the reading sits above the ice point but left out the reading at the ice point. Every reading on a scale starts from its ice-point value.

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